Freight-car



' (No Model.) 2 sheets-sheen 1.

J. W. 82; G. H. AREGOOD.

FREIGHT GAR.

Painented A ug. 30, 1887.

No. 369.088.MM

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J. W. 8v G. H.v AR-EGOOD.

. FREIGHT GAR.

No. 369,088. .Patented Aug. so. ,1387.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN-W. AREGOOD AND GEORGE H. AREGOOD, OF CHICAGO, ILLlNOIS.

FREIGHT-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming 'part of Letters Patent No. 369.088, dated August30, 1887.

(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.'v

Be it known that we, JOHN W. AREGooD and GEORGE H. AREGooD, of Chicago,Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cars orCarriers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in cars for carrying smallarticles or packages which cannot be stowed together in bulk because theunder layers cannot sustain the weight of those above; and the object ofour improvements is to provide a car with adj ustable shelves or palletsvso arranged and supported as to support the layers separately and beconveniently manipulated in loading and unloading the car. We attainthis object by arranging and supporting the shelves or pallets in themanner shown in the accompanying'drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of an open car specially adapted to carry undried bricks ortiles from the place where they are made to the dry-kiln. Fig. 2 is avertical section on line m m of Fig. 1, looking in the direction ofthearrow. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical section at one endof acar constructed as shown in Fig. 1'. Fig. et is an enlargedfragmentary plan view of a detail. Fig. 5 is a fragment of an enlargedvertical longitudinal section. Fig. Gis an enlarged plan of a shelf orpallet made of slats. Fig. 7 is a section on line x :c of Fig. 6.

A designates the car-platform of a dat car of the ordinary construction,and supported upon trucks or wheels AA in the usual manner. The platformis provided with uprights or standards BB. Upon the inside thestandardsB are provided with lugs b, whichare designed to support way-barsb,which rest upon the lugs upon each side of the car and extend acrossthe car from side to side, as seen in Fig. 2. The shelves or pallets Chave their ends rested upon the way-bars and extend across from one ofthe standards B to the other. Their width is less than half the width ofthe car. The way-bars are arranged in pairs, the bars of each pair beingspaced so that the two pallets supported on a pair of way-bars will bein parallel planes just far enough apart to allow them to pass eachother and be shoved over to either side of the car. The pairs of onepallet of the lower pair on each side of the car, and, after lling orcovering both,'re peating the operation as to each successive pair allthe way up to the top, and the unloading is rendered convenient, becausewhen the articles are removed from the upper pallets they can be shovedover onto the other side of the car, so that one will be over the otherand the pair will be out of the way while those immediately below arebeing unloaded. In this way the car is iilled with layers of articleseach separately supported, so that those at the bottom will not becrushed by the weight of those above. The pallets are preferably madeless than half the width of the car, so that a passageway forventilation or for an attendant may be afforded through the center ofthe car when the-pairs of pallets are extended on opposite sides of thecar, as seen in the lower portion of Fig. 2.

The pallets may be simple shelves of board cut off the desired lengthand width, or constructed in the form shown in Fig. 6, which representsa pallet made of slats c, secured to a frame, c.

The frame is made of an outer bar or piece of thin material bent intothe rectangular form shown and secured together at c2 by rivets andstrengthened by a smaller frame, c?, 0f similar construction, securedwithin it by rivets c4, so as to support the slats near the center. Theslats may be secured by rivets c5, as shown in Fig. 7 Wheels or rollersr may be attached for reducing friction.

Instead of arranging the pallets so as to be shifted by sliding from oneside of the car to the other, they may be hinged to the side of the caror to standards B or B', as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, the shelves orpallets being provided with a pin, d, at two opposite corners adapted totit an opening or recess, d', in the standards, to form a hinge-jointwhich will allow the pallets to be raised up at the opposite end, asshown by the dotted lines, Fig. 1.

A pin, d, is provided at one or both ends of the pallets thus hinged tothe standards,

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which are provided with hooks D, pivoted to the standards at c andprovided with bevelpoints e', which come in contact with the pins d! insuch manner as to raise the hooks and cause them to be engaged over thepins, so as to hold thepallets up. The opposite end from the hinge maybe provided with a leg, ci, or be rested on a pin or ledge projectingfrom the standard B or in recesses therein, the same as d, Fig. 3, inthe standards I3. The pallets thus hinged at one end may bc loadedsuecessively, beginning at the bottom and first loading the lowest one,then letting down the next one and loading it, and so on till all arefilled. In unloading, the operation is begun at the top, and as thepallets are unloaded they are turned up out of the way and held up bythe hooks.

The car and pallets, when constructed eX- pressly for carrying greenbricks or tiles into a dry-kiln and remaining in the kiln until thebricks are dried, are preferably Iliade of' metal, that material beingbetter adapted to endure the heat of the kiln than wood.

The pallets, though adjustable, as described, for the convenience ofloading and unloading, are nevertheless fixtures in the ear, so as to bealways in place and not liable to be taken out and lost.

IVhat we claim isl. A car provided with adjustable pallets or shelvessupported in the car on way-bars and arranged to slide by each other, soas to be placed upon either side ofthe ear, substantially as specified.

2. A car provided with adjustable pallets or shelves hinged at one endto standards in the car-wall, in combination with automatic hooksadapted to support the respective pallets when` the loose end iselevated, substan tially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a car, the standards B, provided with brackets b, in combinationwith pairs of waybars b b and sliding pallets C, arranged in pairs,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a ear, standards B, in combination with a series of pallets, C,hinged thereto and provided with pins d'2, and a series of pivotedhooks, D, provided with bevel-points c', as and u for the purposespecified.

5. .The pallet constructed of' a bar, c', bent at thc corners andsecured as at c2, in combination with the inner frame, c3, secured as atc, and the slats e, secured as at c, as and for the purpose speeiied.

6. In a car provided with adjustable pallets or shelves hinged at oneend to standards in the car-wal1, the combination of such pallets withsupports adapted to the respective pallets or shelves, so as to hold upthe loose ends when elevated, substantially as specified.

JOHN IV. AREGOOD. GEORGE II. AI-LEGOOD.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN II. WHIPPLE, J. It. DEAN.

